Last night we settled in to read aloud for a half an hour or so in the usual way. Kelly, Christian, and I sit on the big sofa to the side of the fireplace in the kitchen. Kelly inks a Betty Blonde comic–I don’t let her do the initial drawing while we are reading because she has to think too hard and misses what is being read. Christian knits. I read. Lorena usually takes a nap over on the small sofa across from the fireplace. It is all very nice, but yesterday it dawned on me that there is no way I wanted to subject my kids to any more of the inane nonsense in Sound and Look Professional on TV and the Internet. So we are going to quit reading that until On Camera: How To Report, Anchor & Interview gets here from Amazon. I really hope that is a little less grating and has a LOT more substance. No wonder all the television networks and stations are in the tank.
On the bright side, Christian was able to wind a toroid last night for the ham radio. It looks like we are back on track to getting it assemble in the next couple of weeks. Of course we will not be able to get it tuned up and ready to go until we start the radio theory book, but it is great to see it come together. Christian does not need me so much to do the assembly, but we like to do it together. Now, I usually scan in one of Kelly’s Betty Blonde comics while he works on the radio.
